Carlos Gómez-Restrepo, MD, MSc
Dean Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Professor at the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and at the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Doctor Carlos Gómez-Restrepo is the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Also, he is professor at the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and at the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Doctor Gómez-Restrepo is a physician, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and specialist in liaison psychiatry. Additionally, he holds a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania and currently is a PhD candidate in Public Health. Dr. Gómez-Restrepo is also an active member in a number of scientific societies: he is full member and director of the journal of the Colombian Society of Psychoanalysis, member of the Colombian Association of Psychiatry, and president of LatinCLEN.
Doctor Gómez-Restrepo has devoted his professional life to Medical education, Mental health in Primary care, and Global health. In his free time, he likes learning magic tricks and riding a horse.
Selected Publications
- Gómez Restrepo C, Maldonado P, Rodríguez N, Ruiz-Gaviria R, Escalante MÁ, Gómez RÁ, Araujo MR, Schmidt de Oliveira AC, Chávez Rivera JS, Godínez García JA, Piazza Ferrand M, Blitchtein Winicki D. Therapeutic communities in Latin America: An international descriptive study in different countries across Latin America. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2018 Jul-Sep;47(3):140-147. English, Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2017.01.011. PMID: 30017036.
- de Vries E, Rincon CJ, Tamayo Martínez N, Rodriguez N, Tiemeier H, Mackenbach JP, Gómez-Restrepo C, Guarnizo-Herreño CC. Housing index, urbanisation level and lifetime prevalence of depressive and anxiety disorders: a cross-sectional analysis of the Colombian national mental health survey. BMJ Open. 2018 Jun 7;8(6):e019065. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019065. PMID: 29880561; PMCID: PMC6009503.
- Gómez-Restrepo C, Cruz-Ramírez V, Medina-Rico M, Rincón CJ. Mental health in displaced children by armed conflict - National Mental Health Survey Colombia 2015. Actas Esp Psiquiatr. 2018 Mar;46(2):51-7. PMID: 29616713.
- Gómez-Restrepo C, Maldonado P, Rodríguez N, Ruiz-Gaviria R, Escalante MÁ, Gómez RÁ, de Araujo MR, de Oliveira ACS, Rivera JSC, García JAG, Ferrand MP, Blitchtein-Winicki D. Quality measurers of therapeutic communities for substance dependence: An international collaborative study survey in Latin America. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2017 Dec 20;12(1):53. doi: 10.1186/s13011-017-0129-y. PMID: 29262838; PMCID: PMC5738167.
- Uribe JM, Pinto DM, Vecino-Ortiz AI, Gómez-Restrepo C, Rondón M. Presenteeism, absenteeism, and lost work productivity among depressive patients from five cities of Colombia. Value Health Reg Issues. 2017 Dec;14:15-19. doi: 10.1016/j.vhri.2017.03.001. PMID: 29254536.
- Rojas-Reyes MX, Gomez-Restrepo C, Rodríguez VA, Dennis-Verano R, Kind P. Calidad de vida relacionada con salud en la población Colombiana: ¿cómo valoran los colombianos su estado de salud? [Quality of life related to health in the Colombian population: how do Colombians perceive their health condition?]. Rev Salud Publica (Bogota). 2017 May-Jun;19(3):340-346. Spanish. doi: 10.15446/rsap.v19n3.54226. PMID: 30183938.
- Gómez-Restrepo C, Bohórquez A, Tamayo Martínez N, Rondón M, Bautista N, Rengifo H, Medina Rico M. Trastornos depresivos y de ansiedad y factores asociados en la población de adolescentes colombianos, Encuesta Nacional de Salud Mental 2015 [Depression and anxiety disorders and associated factors in the adolescent Colombian population, 2015 National Mental Health Survey]. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:50-57. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2016.09.009. PMID: 27993256.
- Martínez NT, Gómez-Restrepo C, Ramírez S, Rodríguez MN. Prevalencia de trastornos del afecto y de ansiedad en personas con condiciones crónicas. Resultado de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud Mental Colombia 2015 [Prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders on people with chronic conditions. Results from the National Mental Health Survey in Colombia 2015]. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:141-146. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2016.06.001. PMID: 27993249.
- Gómez-Restrepo C, Tamayo-Martínez N, Buitrago G, Guarnizo-Herreño CC, Garzón-Orjuela N, Eslava-Schmalbach J, de Vries E, Rengifo H, Rodríguez A, Rincón CJ. Violencia por conflicto armado y prevalencias de trastornos del afecto, ansiedad y problemas mentales en la población adulta colombiana [Violence due to armed conflict and prevalence of mood disorders, anxiety and mental problems in the Colombian adult population]. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:147-153. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2016.11.001. PMID: 27993250.
- de Santacruz C, Torres N, Gómez-Restrepo C, Matallana D, Borda JP. La construcción de un componente de salud mental para la encuesta nacional. ENSM-2015, Colombia [The construction of a mental health component for the national survey: NMHS 2015, Colombia]. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:19-25. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2016.08.001. PMID: 27993251.
- Gómez-Restrepo C, de Santacruz C, Rodriguez MN, Rodriguez V, Tamayo Martínez N, Matallana D, Gonzalez LM. Encuesta Nacional de Salud Mental Colombia 2015. Protocolo del estudio [Colombia 2015 National Mental Health Survey. Study protocol]. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:2-8. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2016.04.007. PMID: 27993252.
- Quitian H, Ruiz-Gaviria RE, Gómez-Restrepo C, Rondón M. Pobreza y trastornos mentales en la población colombiana, estudio nacional de salud mental 2015 [Poverty and mental disorders in the Colombian population: National Mental Health Survey 2015]. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:31-38. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2016.02.005. PMID: 27993254.
- Gómez-Restrepo C, Aulí J, Tamayo Martínez N, Gil F, Garzón D, Casas G. Prevalencia y factores asociados a trastornos mentales en la población de niños colombianos, Encuesta Nacional de Salud Mental (ENSM) 2015 [Prevalence and associated factors of mental disorders in Colombian child population, the 2015 National Mental Health Survey]. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:39-49. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2016.06.010. PMID: 27993255.
- Gómez-Restrepo C, Tamayo Martínez N, Bohórquez A, Rondón M, Medina Rico M, Rengifo H, Bautisa N. Trastornos depresivos y de ansiedad y factores asociados en la población adulta colombiana, Encuesta Nacional de Salud Mental 2015 [Depression and anxiety disorders and associated factors in the adult Colombian population, 2015 National Mental Health Survey]. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:58-67. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2016.04.009. PMID: 27993257.
- Arenas A, Gómez-Restrepo C, Rondón M. Factores asociados a la conducta suicida en Colombia. Resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud Mental 2015 [Suicidal behaviour and associated factors in Colombia. Results from the 2015 National Mental Health Survey]. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:68-75. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2016.03.006. PMID: 27993258.
- de la Espriella Guerrero RA, Rodriguez V, Rincón CJ, Morales DC, Rodríguez SJ, Gómez-Restrepo C. Consumo de alcohol en la población colombiana. Encuesta Nacional de Salud Mental 2015 [Alcohol consumption in the Colombian population, 2015 National Mental Health Survey]. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:76-88. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2016.05.002. PMID: 27993259.
- Rodriguez V, Moreno S, Camacho J, Gómez-Restrepo C, de Santacruz C, Rodriguez MN, Tamayo Martínez N. Diseño e implementación de los instrumentos de recolección de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud Mental Colombia 2015 [Design and implementation of the data collection tools for national mental health survey of Colombia, 2015]. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:9-18. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2016.10.001. PMID: 27993261.
- González LM, Peñaloza RE, Matallana MA, Gil F, Gómez-Restrepo C, Landaeta AP. Factores que determinan el acceso a servicios de salud mental de la población adulta en Colombia [Determining factors in the access to mental health services by the adult Colombian population]. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:89-95. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2016.10.004. PMID: 27993260.
- Matallana D, Gómez-Restrepo C, Ramirez P, Martínez NT, Rondon M. El reconocimiento de emociones, la empatía y los juicios morales en la Encuesta Nacional de Salud Mental (ENSM) de 2015 en Colombia [The recognition of emotions, empathy and moral judgment in the national mental health survey in Colombia, 2015]. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:96-104. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rcp.2016.04.004. PMID: 27993262.